title: Use of the ICD-10 version of the Standardized Assessment of Personality to determine the prevalence of personality disorder in psychiatric in-patients.
abstract: The Standardized Assessment of Personality (SAP) involves a short semi-structured interview with an informant. It was modified to accord with the 1987 draft of the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and used to assess the pre-morbid personality of first-admission patients in one London area over the period of one year. Of the 120 (84% of the total sample of first-admissions) patients included, 43 (36%) were found to satisfy the ICD-10 criteria for personality disorder and a further 17 (14%) to satisfy the criteria for personality trait accentuation.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pilgrim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012917:Social Adjustment